Seed-planter



J. J. SIMON. SEED PLANTER.

Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

(No Model.)

ATTORNEY.

JACOB J. SIMON, OF MCDONALDSVILLE, OHIO.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,205, dated January27, 1891.

Application filed October 9, 1890. Serial No. 367,496. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. SIM N, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of IcDonaldsville, county of Stark, State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Seed-Planters, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in seed-planters, and particularlyto improvements on a seed-planter for which Letters Patent of the UnitedStates No. 370,564, dated September 27, 1887, were granted to JosephSimon, of Sturzelbronn, near Bitsch,Irussia, Germany; and it consists inprovidingmeans by which said seed or potato planter may be convertedinto a grain-seed planter; also, in providing a shoe by which the depthof deposit of grain in the ground can be regulated.

lVith these ends in view i'nyinvention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective of the Simonspotato-planter with portions removed showing my attachment; Fig. 2, aview of the shoe complete; Fig. 3, a view of the removable cutter; Fig.4, a view of the shoe-gage; Fig. 5, a perspective of the shceframe; Fig.(3, a side elevation of a potato-planter share removed from machine.Fig. 7 is a perspective of a cam-wheel by which the slide in theseedhopper is reciproeated; Fig. 8, a plan view of the top portion ofthe cam-wheel and lever.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all. of thefigures of the drawings,

Calling attention to Fig. l of the drawings, in which is shown a JosephSimon seedplanter with certain parts removed, I have shown my inventionthereto attached, and that the parts are removable and interchangeable.

A represents the seed box or hopper, adapted for planting potatoes whendropped by a mechanism into tubes, by which they are conveyed down andinto the ground. Said box is supported on an axle B and carrying wheels0 and C.

To adapt the aforesaid machine for plantin g small grain, I haveprovided a series of removable hoppers D, situated at the rear por tionof the box A, at the bottom of which is provided an apertured slide E tobe reciprocated over corresponding apertures in the bottom of thehoppers leading to the discharge-spouts F.

On the inner central portion of the wheel 0 is provided apeculiarly-constructed camwheel G, havingaseries of inwardly-projectedcams a, between which is placed cogs, as Z), of a less height than thecams a. A lever H is pivotally secured to the top portion of the axle13. (See the form of lever in Fig. 8.) One end of said lever is providedwith a friction-roller c, the other end for a link engage ment with theslide E.

In operation the rollerand front end of the lever are moved inwardly tothe left by the cam and the rear end outwardly, or to the right, bywhich movement the slide E is moved to carry the apertures of the slideover the corresponding apertures in the bottom of the hoppers, throughwhich the grain will fall in the usual way. To move the slide in theopposite direction a coil-spring J is provided, having one of its endssecured to the hopper A, the other to the slide.

In operation as heretofore constructed the grain is liable to arch orlodge over the apertures in the slide, and as a result the aperture inthe slide will not fill or receive the desired quantity of grain. Toprovide against such a result, I have placed between theslidelever-operating cams the small cogs b, which operate to move thelover a short distance, which serves to jar the slide and cause thegrain to fall into and fill the apertures-in the slide, by which it willbe drawn over the aperture in the bottom of the hopper and dropped intothe tubes F.

To provide against depositing the grain at so great a depth below thesurface of the ground as to interfere with its proper growth, I removethe potato-planting share shown in Fig. 0 and substitute the shoe K,(shown in Fig. 2,) which is secured to the body of the machine by thevertical standard (Z, which is held in the tube 6, secured to theframe-board f of the body and adapted to slide into and out of said tubeas the shoe rises and falls with the undnlation of the ground. To holdsaid shoe upon the ground a coil-spring 72 is provided, one end of whichrests on the shoe, the other to take under the frame-piece f, theenergyof the spring being exerted downward.

The shoe is composed of two rearwardly-diverging share-plates 70,secured together at their front ends, the lower front portion cut awayso as to form shoulders m, between which is placed a removable cutter L,said cutter having at its upper front portion a wedge-shaped lug n toengage the sides of the share-plates to hold the cutter in position, andat its rear portion a lug to extend across the rear portion of thecutter to engage thesides of the shares.

At the sides of the shoe is provided an ad- 3' ustable gage M, pivotallysecured to the front portion of the shoe, as shown, and having near itsrear portion a slotted upwardly-projected arm 0, through which a bolt ispassed into the share, by which the gage is secured to the side of theshoe in desired adjustment.

At the lower end of the standard (Z is provided a sleeve 17 to receivethe lower end portion of the tube F, by which the end of the tube isheld between the rear port-ionsof the shoe, at which point the grain isdropped into the groove or furrow formed by the shoe. To' cover thegrain an arm (1 is pivotally secured to the rear portion. of the shoe toextend rearwardly, at the rear end of which is ad justably secured ascraper 0, by which the grain is covered with soil. 5

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, whatI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the hopper A, of a series of removable hoppersD, having an apertured seed-slide, a lever H, pivotally secured to theaxle B, one end of which is provided with a friction-roller, the otherend having a linked connection witlrthe slide E, and a cam-wheel G,having earns a, to give the seed-slide its full throw one way, and thesmall intermediate cogs b to settle the seed in the orifices of theslide, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a seed-planter, a shoe K, having di- 50 verging shares 7c, aremovable cutter L, a rearwardly-projected arm q and scraper r,atubesupporting sleeve P, guiding-standard d, a tube 6 to receive saidstandard, by which the shoe is drawn over the ground, a coil-spring I hto hold the shoe down upon the ground, and 'an adjustable gage M, bywhich the depth of JACOB J. SIMON.

W itnesses W. K. MILLER, CHAs. B. MILLER.

